re: Guadalupe Mountains/Carlsbad vs. Big Bend

I wound up booking this trip for October yesterday.
We are going to overnight hike the south rim and camp one night and otherwise stay at the lodge.

fly to El Paso and drive there and back thru presidio on the way there and thru marathon/alpine on the way back. Other than the hike we will try to chill out and just see the sights, it looks very cool and very relaxing. I’m most looking forward to the dark skies and the stars